Comments

Comment by Orden

What is up with the stats on this item? x.X I wonder if they're gonna buff all wands stat-wise or something or this is perhaps meant to be an off-hand or something...

Comment by Soulfly

This has to be an off-hand that just got mis-typed. Comparable to the other off-hand that dropped in Ulduar: http://ptr.wowhead.com/?item=45115. That or they just messed up the amount of spell power on it (47 instead of 74).

Comment by evilgary

how can an off hand have dps?

Comment by groovz

I looked at this wand and i thought,

I remember the good ole days where the best weapons in the middle raid dungeons had less spellpower than this wand..Claw of Chromaggus for instance.

We've come a HELL of a long way from tier 7 - tier 8 if this is a correctly weighted wand.

Comment by Slideshow

hmm...only wand i've seen that does Holy Damage

Comment by groovz

If you were to compare a wand from Burning Crusade Entry level (Karazhan) with a wand from Burning Crusade's highest end game raid (Sunwell Plateau)

Comment by decayedbrain

If you look at the 3D model, inside the swirling bands at the front of the wand are constellations ^_^ I'm not an expert in astronomy, so I don't recognize many, but I think I see both Dippers, and I know there's a cross.

Comment by Devzero

It seems like most of the budget for this item has gone to increasing the DPS on it, if you compare it to an ilvl 213 item, the stat increases are pretty minimal http://www.wowhead.com/?compare=45170;40284As a shadow priest, I can only think of one occasion during my Wrath raiding when I used my wand to DPS a boss - as a result of having low mana. That being the case, the increased DPS on this wand will go to waste. It would be nice if the budget was allocated more in favor of base stats or +spell damage, but alas I must adhere to the standards set forth by Blizzard on budgeting. Woe is me.

Comment by Fathimir

This is the second epic wand in the game to deal frost damage, the first being Cold Snap from Azuregos way back in vanilla.

How far we've come.

Comment by snowballfight

It looks like this wand is currently the BiS for a Holy Priest as well.

Comment by Lousaydus

Why do wands have such high dps?

Comment by Gismokvack

This puts LEGO-building into a new dimension!

Comment by Scrubbzie

This wand is great but it's almost no stat boost from the 10 man version.

Nurturing Touch29 stam26 intel24 spirit39 Spell power20 crit rating

versus this wand

26 stam26 intel24 spirit 42 spell power23 crit rating

It's such a minor upgrade but from some reason this item level is 232 while the Nurturing Touch only has 219 level.

I mean you're losing 3 stam and only gaining 3 crit rating and 3 spell power. It's more of a side grade than an upgrade. It needs a minor buff to its stats, otherwise the 232 really isn't credible.

Comment by devildrlver

on maxdps it says this drops from yoggsaron?

Comment by Psilocybian

Maxdpslol.

Comment by Axura91

nice nice :) one of the best wand

Comment by Kalyssa

Coolest wand ever

Comment by featheredhorse

I love astronomy and was trying to match up all the constellations with their real life Western star chart counterparts and came up with (starting with Orion, going right)- Orion (the hunter)- Cygnus (the swan)- Boötes (the herdsman) - Aquila (the eagle)- Cancer (the crab)- Corvus (the crow)- ?- Draco (the dragon)- ?- Ursa Minor (the little bear aka the little dipper)- ?- ?They do not correspond to the actual constellations' positions in our sky and as far as I can tell they are in no significant order. If anyone can identify the missing ones from this list or make corrections, please do so!